March 2014
Peter Buckley-Hill, who founded the Free Fringe at the Edinburgh Festival, has announced that he is pulling out of the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe. At the time of writing it seems that PBH's Free Fringe will continue, but without PBH. In a lengthy letter emailed to accepted and offer-pending shows, he explained the problems he had been having with one of his proposed venues. At the end he concluded that "I therefore confirm that I shall not be a part of Fringe 2014.
The BBC has confirmed that it will be screening The Trip to Italy on BBC2, starting on April 4. Directed again by the award winning Michael Winterbottom (The Trip, The Face Of An Angel, The Look of Love, 24 Hour Party People), The Trip to Italy once more stars Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon). Two men, six meals in six different places on a road trip around Italy. Piemonte, Liguria, Tuscany, Rome, Amalfi and ending in Capri. Rob and Steve are asked by The Observer to do another series of restaurant reviews.
In all the recent mouthing off about Michael McIntyre's new chat show, the aspiring king of desk-based cobblers has tended to be compared to the latterday Holy Trinity of Talk, Ross, Norton and Carr. Few have mentioned the one true god of the modern chat show, Michael Parkinson, who now really feels like he comes from a bygone age. Yet the old pre-Wogan warhorse is currently back on Sky Arts with his Masterclass. No nicking people's phones, no skipping across the stage, just down the line questions that everyone wants answered.
Shitting on its own doorstep. A dog returning to its vomit. Liking the smell of its own farts. I'm not sure what the BBC's stance on W1A is, but I guess it is mainly about showing that they have the ability to laugh at themselves. The first episode in the eagerly anticipated semi-sequel to Twenty Twelve certainly sticks the boot into the Beeb but it is a designer boot, not a steel toe-capped one
Following his victory in Celebrity Big Brother Jim Davidson has announced a major 54-date UK tour starting at the Great Yarmouth Britannia Pier on September 5. ‘No Further Action’ will see Davidson tell the story of his arrest and the nightmare 12 months that followed, the clearing of his name and winning the heart of the nation all over again as a Big Brother champion. It promises to be the most outrageous, hilarious and insightful show he has ever performed, but most of all it will be the truth.
Ken Dodd has officially been crowned a Legend of Comedy tonight at an awards ceremony celebrating the success of Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival 2014.
Did you enjoy Inside No 9? Of course you did. Well now you can have the series all to yourself. The six episodes are released on DVD today by BBC Worldwide. The package also includes a gallery of Graham Humphreys' lovingly crafted posters and interviews with the cast and crew.
Carl Donnelly picked up a deserved Foster's Award nomination last summer for his stand-up show, Now That's What I Carl Donnelly! Vol V. No flashy effects, no gimmicks, just very funny autobiographical stories and a dodgy title from a man who looks a little like Rolf Harris. Donnelly had recently split up with his wife when he premiered the show, which maybe put a slight different spin on things but, if anything, added a little edge to his personal material.
Reports of the death of actor Wayne Knight, who played Jerry Seinfeld's neighbour Newman in the long-running sitcom, appear to be incorrect. Stories have spread online to say that the 58-year-old had been killed in a accident involving a tractor. Newman was reportedly travelling in a car that hit a disabled semi-tractor-trailer late Saturday night near the border between Pennsylvania and New York.
Miranda Hart has come in for criticism this week from reviewers who felt that some of her jokes in her arena show did not ring true.
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